I have a problem (many in my inner circle probably won't argue with that statement. Ha!). My problem isn't with me personally, or anyone personally. What, or shall I say who I have a problem with is "US" in general. And for those not of the "darker" persuasion, "US" = Black/African Americans.
Recently I had a conversation with some friends and we got to talking about something or the other and in the context of the conversation one guy says '...I fit the description, and I deal with racial profiling (discrimination) everyday!' To which I took some issue with. I mean really do we actually face it everyday? This ain't the Jim Crow Era!
Yeah, yeah...I know I'm looking at this in the literal sense, but what I'm getting at is that we use this generalization way too much. There is no possible way anyone can tell me they deal with racism on a daily basis. Reality is, people in general basically do just about the same thing each day; particularly Monday through Thursday. Go to work, eat lunch, work some more, go home, eat dinner, go to sleep. Feel free to insert a racial profiling incident or some racial discrimination in there somewhere if you truly want to believe it happens everyday, but trust me, it doesn't happen as often as we'd like to believe.
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of instances of racial profiling and discrimination on a daily basis. However, 100% of blacks in America don't have to endure it every day, every hour, etc. I know you're probably saying, 'but don't we all endure some type of indirect racism each day?' Yeah, whatever...that's not the point. What I'm talking about is blatant racism that we think we experience daily. The bottom line here is that we need to exercise a little bit more caution in how many times we throw out the race card.
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